The Canadian Alpine Journal, Volume 15Alpine Club of Canada., 1925 - Canada |
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... OGILVIE GLACIER ( RIGHT ) WITH THE LOGAN GLACIER ( LEFT ) King Peak rising from Clouds , extreme right CANADIAN ALPINE JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA.
... OGILVIE GLACIER ( RIGHT ) WITH THE LOGAN GLACIER ( LEFT ) King Peak rising from Clouds , extreme right CANADIAN ALPINE JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA.
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... glaciers traversed . The ablation of the surface of the Ogilvie Glacier , however , was very apparent by the formation of glacier tables during our absence . This would indicate that at the 6000 - foot elevation the lowering of its ...
... glaciers traversed . The ablation of the surface of the Ogilvie Glacier , however , was very apparent by the formation of glacier tables during our absence . This would indicate that at the 6000 - foot elevation the lowering of its ...
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... glacier stretches to base of massif at head of Ogilvie Glacier and the logical advance base camp site , 52 miles , 5 days . In order to prospect this route to an altitude of 10,200 feet by a self - sustained party , back - packing its ...
... glacier stretches to base of massif at head of Ogilvie Glacier and the logical advance base camp site , 52 miles , 5 days . In order to prospect this route to an altitude of 10,200 feet by a self - sustained party , back - packing its ...
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... Ogilvie Glacier pushing into the Logan as the two streams come together and readjust themselves in their course down the valley . Here we were coolly comfortable for three more days and then moved four miles to our farthest advance camp ...
... Ogilvie Glacier pushing into the Logan as the two streams come together and readjust themselves in their course down the valley . Here we were coolly comfortable for three more days and then moved four miles to our farthest advance camp ...
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... Ogilvie at the extreme south end of what appeared to be its west moraine , and 1000 pounds at the break in a medial moraine a mile up from the foot of the glacier . Parcels of meat and other articles whose odour might attract bear ...
... Ogilvie at the extreme south end of what appeared to be its west moraine , and 1000 pounds at the break in a medial moraine a mile up from the foot of the glacier . Parcels of meat and other articles whose odour might attract bear ...
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A. H. MacCarthy a.m. Cascade Camp advance base camp Alaska Alpine Club altitude American Alpine Club Andy aneroid ascent of Mt back-packing Baldwin Glacier Bivouac Peak cache camera Canadian Rockies Canyon Carpe Chitina Glacier Chitina River Chitina Valley cliffs climb Club of Canada crampons crevasses Devil's Door dog teams Double Peak elevation Elias equipment Everest feet Foster gorge H. F. Lambart heavy Hubrick Camp June King Col Camp King Glacier King Peak Lake O'Hara loads Logan Expedition Logan Glacier McCarthy miles Minimum overnight moraine Mount Logan mountain névé night Ogilvie Glacier outfit p.m. Camp party photographs Photos pounds Quartz Ridge range reached relay rock rope route séracs Seward Glacier sheep side sleds slopes snow shoes steep storm stream stretches summit of Mt supply temperature tent timber Trail End trip Walsh Glacier weather willow wind Windy Camp woods Yakutat Bay Yukon
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Page 16 - come now to the two splendid records of the Russell expedition of 1890 and 1891. These, under the joint auspices of the National Geographic Society and the United States Geological Survey, were instrumental in adding greatly to our knowledge of the country. Russell's exhaustive studies
Page 27 - 16 miles from east to west and 8 miles from north to south, and
Page 127 - in the belief that the pass north of it was the true source of the North Thompson River. Northward of this pass gleamed an
Page 90 - In strong wind the snow blows up from the ground and fills the air with ice crystals, forming an intransparent layer many
Page 90 - away disappear in the drifting snow. In such weather it is difficult and dangerous to move about.
Page 127 - obviously monarch of the range. "The dominant feature of the scene was the magnificent mountain which the
Page 90 - thick; it is often possible to see the blue sky at zenith, while objects only a few